Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
(b~sed

on the novel by
Stephen King)

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PROLOGUE
PERCUSSIVE RHYTHMS surround us,
building into an OVERTURE OF SOUND.
Just as the very floor beneath us
seems to be shaking, the LIGHTS
reveal the stage full of GIRLS in
the middle of an arduous workout
with MISS GARDNER:

UP! DOWN!
GO TO TOWN!
GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT!

GIRLS
[chant]

LEFT! RIGHT!
KEEP IT TIGHT!
KEEP THOSE MUSCLES HOT!
ONE! TWO!
SHAME- ON YOU!
OVERWEIGHT'S A SIN!
THREE! FOUR!
MAKE IT SORE!
KEEP THOSE BODIES THIN!
[they sing]
Every day
I just pray
Every move I make is right
Where I go
Who I Imow _
How I'r/\.iear my hair ~ Saturday night
And I worry _
What if all my ends should split?
I worry
What can I possibly do
To fit
IN!
Smack!
Right on track!
What comes close to that?!
Until you've
BEEN
In
You ain't where it's at!

PROLOGUE-2
GIRLS (cont)
Cuz when you're
OUT
It's
Just the pits
You can never win
There's no
DOUBT
That
Life .just doesn't begin
Until you're
[chanting - GARDNER against them]
IN! OUT!
SCREAM AND SHOUT!
KEEP THOSE BUNS IN SHAPE!
GRUNT! GROAN!
PANT AND MOAN!
THERE IS NO ESCAPE!
[singing]
Bought the clothes
Did my nose
Gawd, I've
--.. followed every rule
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trial
All the while
Th ere's too much at stake to think about school
T~l1!._ On.

I go crazy
Nobody cares what it does to me
It's crazy
I would go out of my mind .
To be
IN!
Smack!
Right on track !
What comes close to that? !
Until you've
BEEN
In
You ain't where it's at!
Cuz when you're
OUT
It's
Just the pits
You can never win
There's no
DOUBT
That

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PROLOGUE-3
[DANCE SEQUENCE - sport in musical
form -- follows. Then]:
GIRLS
And some day
If I don't standout one bit
Oh, some day
I may be normal enough To fit
IN
Smack!
Right on track!
lfuat comes close to that?!
Until you've
BEEN
In
You ain't where it's at!
Cuz when you're
OUT
It's
Just the pits
You can never win
There's no
DOUBT
That
Life just doesn't begin
Until you're
IN!

[The GIRLS form a -HUMAN PYRAMID -fast!
Then it COLLAPSES, scattering the
GIRLS in slow-motion]:
GIRLS
[screaming, overlapping, echoing]

Carrie!
Carrie!
CARRIE! ! !
[CARRIE emerges from _the rubble.
As the LIGHTS -CHANGE -and the
other GIRLS freeze, _she sings]:
CARRIE
FATHER ABOVE
HEAR MY PLEA
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN
NOT TO ME
TAKE ME AWAY FROM
ALL OF THIS AGONY

PROLOGUE-4
CARRIE (cant)
DEAR LORD
NOTHING I DO IS EVER DONE RIGHT
THAT ' S ALL THAT I HEAR
OH , DEAR LORD
I'D LIKE TO FADE INTO THE SUNLIGHT
AND JUST DISAPPEAR
[MOMMA, I'M LOST
WHAT WENT WRONG?
CAN ' T YOU COME HOLD ME?
MAKE ME STRONG?
ISN'T THERE SOMEWHERE
I CAN BELONG?
MOMMA
EVERYTHING'S BETTER WHEN YOU ' RE NEAR ME
YOU'RE BRAVE WHEN I'M NOT
OH , MOMMA
IF I CRY OUT I HOPE YOU HEAR ME
YOU ' RE ALL THAT I'VE GOT]
[From the mass of GIRLS, one
voice rings,-out):
Carrie White eats shit!

[The , class bell RINGS - an end
to the period and a return to
reali~y.
As the GIRLS pick
themselves up and begin ~o move
al"ay - overlapping ' rhubarb]:
GIRLS

[And so on -- tapering off,
fading now ... J '
GIRLS

ACT I
SCENE 1: SHOWERS, LOCKER ROOM

The GIRLS undress and enter the
showers. From behind the glass
partitions, they sing of their
hopes and aspirations, their secret thoughts and dreams:

(1)

(2)
(3)

GIRLS
SILVER. LACE WITH A BLUE GRAY BODICE
CALL ME BACK BUT HE NEVER DID
ALMOST THREE IN THE MORNING

(4)
(5)

DON'T YOU HATE WHEN YOU HATE YOUR BODY?
TREATING ME LIKE I'M STILL A KID
(6) . TOUCHING ME WITHOUT WARNING

(7)
(8)

(ALL)

FIXING ME UP CUZ HE'S GOT THIS FRIEND
PROMISED ME MAYBE HE'S TAKING ME TO THE PROM
DREAM ON
DREAM ON
·DREAM ON

DREAM ON
(9)

(SUE)

( 9)
(SUE)
(11)

(11)

(ALL)

TOLD HIM · 'NO,' BUT HE KEEPS INSISTING
I SAID. 'NO,' BUT HE DOESN'T HEAR ·
(6)
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE TRIES
TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ME
(10)
YOU COULD DIE FROM HIS EYES
I SAID 'YES' BUT HE KEPT RESISTING
SO I GO, ' DO YOU WANT A BEER?'
(3 GIRLS) WITH YOUR PARENTS AT HOME?
TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ~!E
(CHRIS) DREAM · ON
I · WAS HIS FIRST (8) HE TOLD· ME THAT, TOO
I'VE GOT HIS RING - (8) WELL, HE'S TAKING ME TO THE PROM
(4) BUT HE SAYS IF I STOP EATING
SWEETS I CAN LOSE 20 POUNDS
BY JUNE
DREAl-1
DREAM
DREAM
DREAM

I-1-2
CARRIE (cont)
I WOULD DIE IF THEY CAUGHT ME CRYING
I WOULD LOVE IF I HAD A TWIN
SOMEONE TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
SOMETHING IN PINK WITH ORCHIDS TO WEAR
SOMEONE TO CARE AND MAYBE I'D FINALLY BELONG
ALL THE GIRLS
DREAM ON
DREAM ON
DREAM ON
DREAM ON
(1)

SILVER LACE WITH A BLUE GRAY BODICE
(9) SO I TOLD HIM HE DOESN'T DESERVE ME
(4)
BRACES SUCK BUT I'M ALMOST DONE
(5) I GOT DRESSES TO BURN
(3 GIRLS) WHY ME?
(3 GIRLS) BILLY NOLAN'S A PERVERT
(7) HE'S ~OT SO MUCH TO LEA.~
(CHRIS) .NO SHIT!
(10) MAKES, ME SICK (5) AND HE'S IN HIS FORTIES
(4) WHAT A SLOB
(2) HE'S'GOT HIS NERVE
(3) WHAT A PRICK (8)
GET A JOB
(6) BUT IT'S NEVER FUN
(VARIOUS GIRLS) •.. NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUN
... WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN
... FUN, FUN, FUN
(SUE) TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ME
(3 GIRLS) LOVES ME!
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CHRIS & NORMA
Carrie's got the curse!
[Led by CHRIS, the GIRLS crowd
around CARRIE, encircling her,
shrieking with laughter as the
chanting becomes a jungle of
echoes):
GIRLS

THE CURSE!

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1-1-4

GIRLS (cont)
(moving into)
PLUG IT UP! PLUG IT UP! PLUG IT UP!
(against which)
THE
CURSE!
THE CURSE! THE CURSE!
(seesawing through)
CARRIE! CARRIE! CARRIE!
(CARRIE runs from one to the other -her bloody hand oustretched for
help . The GIRLS are a choreographed
.mob: treating it as a joke, forming
a chain, throwing her back, chanting):
GIRLS
CARRIE!
CARRIE!

What's the matter?
-Didn't her mother tell her?
Looking so dumb
. -Not a clue
Look at her
-Ju st her period •••
Don't you all h ave a class?

(a beat)
GIRLS
(buzzing, .in a ripple)

GARDNER
[The GIRLS start to move off
just CHRIS and SUE remain]

CHRIS
Do you believe it? ' The stupid bitch never knew
GARDNER
(sharply)

Chris!

SUE
But Chris

IS

right, Miss Gardner.

Sue, I'm surprised at you. ·

GARDNER

ACT I
SCENE 2: LOCKER ROOM
GARDNER, SUE, CHRIS arid CARRIE remain :
each in her separate world, lost in
her private thoughts. Only occasionally do they address each other directly.
GARDNER
I CAN'T BELIEVE
SHE NEVER LEARNED
SHE'S SO NAIVE ~~D SO AFRAID
D'you believe her?

CHRIS
Bleeding like that?

She got what she deserved.

SUE
HER MOTHER SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER
CHRIS
That holy-roller mother of hers ...
GARDNER
SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER
CHRIS
always ranting how everybody's going straight to hell except
her and her precious little Carrie •••
SUE
MY GOD, ~HAT HAVE WE DONE HERE?
I'D · NEVER TRY TO HURT HER
CHRIS
Remember the· time she got down on her knees?
teria? On her goddamn knees!

Praying in the cafe-

GARDNER
THE GIRLS WENT WILD
I WAS SHOCKED THE WAY THEIR FACES BURNED
CHRIS I'D EXPECT BUT NEVER SUE
Goddamn prayin' Carrie ...

from the period, a catalog of fears
and nightmares -- and through them
all, Chris ' voice] ;
Scary White!

Scary White!

CHRIS (o.s.)
Scary White!

CARRIE
That's not my name!
(singing)
THAT'S NOT MY NA.\fE!

That's not my name!

DOESN'T ANYBODY EVER GET IT RIGHT?
CARRIE!
WHY DON'T THEY REMEMBER I AM CARRIE WHITE?
CARRIE!
IS THAT ANY HARDER TO SAY THAN GODDA.\!N TOAD AND
C~~ZY AND WEIRDO AND DUMB BITCH fu~D
DOESN'T P~YBODY THINK THAT I CAN HEAR?
I HEAR!
SPECIALLY WHEN I ~OT THEM SCREAMING IN MY EAR
I HEAR
.
.
WHEN DID EVERYBODY DECIDE I '~1 THE ONE WHO'S THE FLOP?
IF I HAD A WISH, GOD, I WISH THEY'D STOP
I WISH THEY'D STOP
HOW I WISH THEY'D ' STOP
[LIGHT CHANGE now, taking us to]:

ACT I
SCENE 2B: THE STREET
CARRIE continues:
CARRIE
I WILL NOT CRY
I' M OKAY
I TRY SO HARD
TO PLAY THEIR WAY
WHY DO THEY FIND IT SO HARD TO SAY
CARRIE
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TREAT !>IE SO BAD?
THEY ALL KNOW MY NAME
IT'S CARRIE
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ALL GET SO MAD
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME
WHAT'S GOING ON
DEEP IN :'IE?
THERE'S SOMEONE NEW . WHERE I
USED TO BE
ONE OF THESE DAYS
THEY'RE GONNA SEE
CARRIE
SOMETIMES THEIR HATRED IS OUT OF CONTROL
GOD, HOW THEY HATE ME!
!-IOMMA SAYS SUFFERING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL
BUT THEY HURT ME!
AND IF I COULD
I ' D BRING THEM ALL
DOWN TO THEIR KNEES
I'D MAKE THEM SORRY FOREVER FOR TEASING
. CARRIE
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CARRIE
I WISH I WAS BLESSED
WITH SOMEONE
WHO'S NOT LIKE THE REST
I'D CLOSE MY EYES
AND SUDDENLY HE'D BE THERE
HANDSOME AND WISE
AND PROB'LY A PRINCE WHO CAN DANCE ON AIR
AND HE'D ASK ~IE OUT EVERY NIGHT
I'D SAY, 'ALL RIGHT.'
AFTER A WHILE
HE'D ASK ME TO WEAR HIS RING
~!OMl-lA WOULD SMI LE
AND GIVE US HER BLESSING FOR EVERYTHING
.,,~ "'uc ""'Dl n 1""T1T n SEE THIS IS LOVE
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I-2B-2
CARRIE (cont)
CARRIE
THEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO SCREAM NIGHT AND DAY
'POOR, PRAYIN' CARRIE'
THEY'D SEE ME WITH HIM AND THEY MIGHT EVEN SAY
'HELLO, CARRIE' ,./
AND FINALLY
I'D HEAR THAT WORD
SOUNDING SO SWEET
THOUSANDS OF VOICES FOREVER REPEATING CARRIE
CARRIE
CARRIE
I AM THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER
THE COLOR OF FLAME
T'M CARRIE
I AM A SONG OF ENDLESS WONDER
THAT NO ONE WILL CLAIM
BUT SOMEDAY
OH, MY
SOMEDAY 路
SOMEONE WILL KNOW MY NAME!!!
(SHE continues on her way home.
The MUSIC changes -- beautiful,
hymnlike now, as we go to): 路

ACT I
SCENE 3: THE WHITE BUNGALOW
We reveal the White living room
dominated by a large CRUCIFIX of
Jesus -- and we then see MARGARET
WHITE, She sings with the purity,
ecstasy and reverie-like devotion
of a true believer: 路
OPEN YOUR
LET JESUS
OPEN YOUR
LET JESUS

MARGARET
I love you, Carrie.
CARRIE
(slowly, tentatively)
Something happened at school today, Momma. Something terrible.
MARGARET
Terrible things are our way of being tested, Carrie.
CARRIE
I know, but the other girls
MARGARET
You're not like the othei girls.
But I am, /v!o!JllJ\a - - I am!

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CARRIE
never thoughts 0, but -~1ARGARET

You're not, Carrie -- you're special.
CARRIE
You're not listening to me, Momma.
HARGARET
I've heard all I want to hear.
CARRIE
In .. in the shower ...
MARGARET
You are forbidden to shower with the other girls.

CARRIE
I know, but Momma
MARGARET
(softly, implacable)
Forbidden.
CARRIE
Momma ... I started to bleed.

_ - ~1ARGARET
Bow your head and pray.
'And God made Eve from the rib of Adam.
And Eve was weak and loosed the raven on the world.'

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CARRIE
Momma, don't shut me out!
MARGARET
'And the Raven was called Sin. And the first Sin was the Sin of
Lust. And the Lord visited Eve with a Curse, and the Curse was
the Curse of Blood.'
(MARGARET begins to sing while
CARRIE entreats her):
. MARGARET
MADE EVE FROM ADAM'S RIB
WAS WEAK
WAS WEAK
WAS WEAK

AND
AND
AND
AND

GOD
EVE
EVE
EVE

AND
THE
THE
THE

GOD MADE
CURSE OF
CURSE OF
CURSE OF

CARRIE
l-Ionuna, how could you know?
Why didn't you tell me?

EVE TO BEAR THE CURSE
BLOOD
BLOOD
BLOOD

It's not a curse! Momma,
It's something all girls
go through
You should have told me!

(MARGARET' 5 hand flashes out and
'strikes CARRIE. The music kicks
in; as the vamp plays through,
she instructs CARRIE):
Bow your head and pray, woman!

MARGARET
CARRIE

Momma, I'm changing ...
MARGARET
Pray to heaven for your wicked soul!
(singing)
THE RAVEN CAl-IE TO PLAGUE THE WORLD
ITS NAME WAS SIN
ITS NANE WAS SIN
ITS NAME WAS SIN -- begin!
AND LUST WAS HOW THE SIN BEGAN
.. THE SIN WAS MAN
UNDERSTAND?!?
THE SIN WAS l>1A.'l!
GOD HAS SEEN YOUR SINNING
JUST BEGINNING
PRAY FOR YOUR SALVATION
FROt-1 DAl-INATION
PRAY OR
HE WILL BURN YOU
HE \~ILL BURN YOU

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MARGARET (cont)
THE SEED CONVEYS THE POWER A.'<D
IT'S COME AGAI~
TI'S COME AGAIN
IT'S COME AGAIN
UNTIL THE SEED IS CRUSHED THE POWER
NEVER ENDS
IT NEVER ENDS
IT NEVER ENDS
CARRIE

YOU'LL BECOME SATAN'S BRIDE
PRAY FOR MERCY, GET DOWN ON
YOUR KNEES
YOU'VE GOT JEZEBEL'S PRIDE
AND YOUR SOUL IS A HOLE OF _
DISEASE
I C.~" SEE YOU -INSIDE
I CAN SEE HOW YOU'VE LIED

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THAT'S HOW LUCIFER FELL
AND YOU~RE HEADED FOR HELL
I WON ~ T LET YOU GO!!!

MOMMA, I WAS SO SCARED
AND THEY ALL STARED
I THOUGHT I WAS DYING
I STARTED CRYING MOMMA!
PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! Oh, Momma
PLEASE DON'T HURT ME

manages to whirl CARRIE
into the small cellar space below
locking the door on top of her.
As she does so, the CRUCIFIX begins to bleed. Then):

1-3-6
~IARGARET

AND
AND
AND
AND

GOD
EVE
EVE
EVE

MADE EVE FROM ADAM'S RIB
WAS WEAK
WAS WEAK
WAS WEAK

AND
THE
THE
THE

GOD ~~DE
CURSE OF
CURSE OF
CURSE OF

EVE TO BEAR THE CURSE
BLOOD
BLOOD
BLOOD

FATHER, DON ' T FORSAKE HER
FATHER, TAKE HER
CLEANSE AND PURIFY HER
WITH THE FIRE
AND THE POWER
AND THE GLORY
FOREVER
AND EVER
AND EVER!! ! ! !
AHEN! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

ACT 1
SCENE 4: DRIVE-IN MOVIE
The latest teen horror MOVIE is being projected to an audience of what
appears to be empty cars . -- the KIDS
in them making out like crazy, in
various stages of undress. Then an
angry BILLY NOLAN shoots into view :
BILLY
HEY, BABY, WHAT'S THE DEAL?
I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU HOW I FEEL
WHY DID WE COME HERE IF YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT?
ME FIGHT?

CHRIS

BILLY
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT ' S RIGHT!
CHRIS
SURE! SCREW ROMANCE!
YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET INTO MY PANTS
HOW CAN YOU RUIN SUCH A PERFECT NIGHT?
OH, RIGHT
YOU MIGHT
NOT QUITE

BILLY
CHRIS
BILLY

CHRIS
SEE? BOYS LIKE YOU
YOU DON'T EVEN CARE FOR 路 LOVE
BILLY
ME?! THAT ' S NOT TRUE
I NEVER GET ENOUGH
(TOMMY and SUE pop up into view in
the next car):
SUE
TOMMY, WON'T YOU TAKE ME HOME?
I THINK I WOULD RATHER BE ALONE
I'VE STILL GOT HOMEWORK AND IT'S TEN O'CLOCK
TmlMY

OH, GREAT!
SUE

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NOW WAIT!
HEY, BABY DON'T GET MAD
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FEEL BAD
BUT YOU SHOULDN'T TREAT ME LIKE I' ~I JUST A JOCK
LIKE WHEN?

SUE

JUST THEN
SUE
OH, MEN!
SEE? BOYS LIKE YOU
NEVER THINK OF SOMEONE ELSE
TOMMY
THAT'S NOT TRUE
I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP
SO, BABY
DON'T WASTE THE MOON
NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS
DON'T BABY, DON'T WASTE THE MOON

ALL GIRLS
DON'T YOU TREAT ME LIKE SOME LITTLE TOY
OR I'M JUST GONNA TREAT
YOU
LIKE ONE OF THE BOYS
.
.
ALL BOYS
WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A mN
GODDANN! I '~1 DOING THE BEST THAT I CAN!

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(DANCE BREAK here;

the~

back into):

1-4-4

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DON'T WASTE THE MOON
). S
NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS -}~
DON'T, BABY, DON'T
.
WASTE
THE MOON AND THE STARS
C/
GIRLS
ALL WE EVER DO IS PARK
THEN FOR HOURS YOU GROPE ME IN THE DARK
WE WOULD GO BOWLING IF YOU REALLY CARED
YOU DON'T
I

BOYS

DO

GIRLS

YOU DON'T!

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BOYS
'KAY. ~~T WAY
GOOD GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN, SO THEY SAY
BUT BAD GIRLS; THEY GO. EVERYWHERE
GIRLS

NO FAIR!!

BOYS

SO THERE!

GIRLS

I SWEAR!

GIRLS
SEE! BOYS LIKE YOU
YOU DON'T EVEN CARE FOR LOVE
.(

? THAT' 5 NOT TRUE!
I NEVER GET ENOUGH

BOYS

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GIRLS
SEE? BOYS 'LIKE YOU
YOU C~~ BARK BUT YOU WON'T BITE
ME -- . I'LL COME THROUGH
IF YOU JUST TREAT ~lE RIGHT

DON'T WASTE THE MOON
. ~,. :\~
NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS DON'T, BABY, DON'T
WASTE THE ~100N AND THE 5T AR5

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1-4-5
ALL (cont)

DON'T WASTE THE MOON
NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS
DON'T, BABY, DON'T
WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS

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ACT I
SCENE 5: THE WHITE BUNGALOW
Absolute stillness -- just candles
illuminating the crucifix of Jesus.
CARRIE is in the small cellar space
where ~~RGARET has locked her.
CARRIE
JESUS WATCHES FRO~I THE WALL
BUT HIS FACE IS COLD AS STONE
IF HE LOVES ME
WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL ALONE?
BABY SAVIOUR, MEEK AND MILD
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ~ PRAYERS?
IF YOU HEAR ME
WHY DO I FEEL THAT NO ONE CARES?
THERE'S A MOVEMENT IN MY HEAD
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE?
SOMETHING'S SHIFTING
SOMETHING'S LIFTING
WHY DO I FEEL IT'S SOMETHING STRANGE?
stands in the doorway
opposite the figure of Christ]:

[~~RGARET

MARGARET.
FATHER ALMIGHTY, SHE'S ONLY A CHILD
BUT THE WOMAN IS WAKING INSIDE HER
HE WILL BE LOST IF HER PASSION RUNS WI LD
SO I CAN'T LET HER STUMBLE AND FALL
AS YOU HELPED YOUR CHILD DIVINE
GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO HELP MINE
CARRIE
SEES INSIDE ~ SOUL
BUT HER FACE IS COLD AS STONE
IF SHE LOVES ME
WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL ALONE?

MO~~

You can go to bed now.

MARGARET
[CARRIE comes over to her, kneels):

CARRIE
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE
PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE

I-5-Z
~IARGARET

I NEVER WANTED TO CAUSE YOU SUCH PAIN
BUT THERE'S TIMES WHEN MY LIFE IS SO FRIGHT'NING
I DO THE BEST I CAN UNDER THE STRAIN
BUT I'M LEARNING AS I GO ALONG
YOU ARE· STILL MY PRECIOUS ONE
C~~ YOU FORGIVE WHAT I'VE DONE?
CARRIE
Morruna, you don't need forgiveness from me
Oh, I know that you do what you have to
I want to dry all your tears so you'll see
That I'm sorry for letting you down
Won't you bless me now?
n you look inside your heart?
Have you no mercy? .
I!l my life there's only one thing true
I will always love you

MARGARET
I was Wrong
Oh, it hurts me to have to hurt you
I'd rather die than see you suffer
.
One day you' 11 bless me for lighting the way
you look inside your heart?
Have you any mercy to ~art? ·
In my life there's only one thing true
I love you
.

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[They embrace, and the enormity of
their love is so .overwhelming for
CARRIE that her power spills over:
the flames in the candles literall~
r1se; grow1ng 1n fie1gfitl • .

ACT!
SCENE 6: GYMNASIUM
Same as I, 1. GIRLS in their gym
outfits, GARDNER striding in front
of them:
GARDNER
You're going to tell Carrie White you're sorry.
GIRLS
What?!?!
GARDNER
Each and everyone of you is going to tell Carrie you're sorry
for what you did.
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GARDNER
Don't worry, Carrie, she won't hurt-you.
No , you don't understand.
just KÂŁ.! to!
What do you mean?

CARRIE
You've just got to let her "go!

You've

GARDNER

CARRIE
The Prom . . the Prom's very important to Chris.
GARDNER
And wha t 's ri ght is important to me.
CARRiE
But the Prom -- the Prom is everything.
(haltingly, then) "
It's the one night ... everybody gets all dressed up ... and they look
beautiful ... all starry and grawn-up ... and they dance with each other,
and oh, it'S like a dream, the most perfect dream of all!
GARDNER
Who are you going with?
CARRIE
Me?

I'm not

going ~

GARD!~ER

Sure you are.

You just said - - everybody's going to be there.
CARRIE

I'm .. different.
GARDNER
No t that different.

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CARRIE
I am!
GARDNER
Everybody feels that way.
No, they don't.

CARRIE
They've all got someone.

So wi ll you, you never know.

(MUSIC underneath)

GARDNER
CARRIE

Yes, I do.
Oh, come on!

GARDNER
I'll tell you what -- let's pretend -CARRIE

Oh, Miss Gardner -GARDNER
(overriding)
-- -pretend -- that a certain young ~rince Charming comes up to
you -CARRIE

He ,,'oul dn ' t

GARDNER
So there is someone. And this really cute guy -- he's probably
really shy, too -- he says, 'Carrie, will you be my date for the
Prom ? '
(a long pause; CARRIE almost
. caught up in the fantasy)
Well? What ,.;ould you say?
CARRIE
No.
GARDNER
Cirrie !

Why not?
(!ARRIE

I'm .. . not pretty .
GARDNER
Yes, you are. That's a pretty girl .
SO MANY YEARS
YOU CRIED YOUR TEARS ALONE
rRIGHTENED THAT LIFE MIGHT PASS YOU BY
THEN HE APPEARS
SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR YOU
_ •• _ -

.,..

, . ....

.,..TUt:

Tn

"11l=~TT()N

WHY

1-7-3

GARDNER
LOVE CAN FIND YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT
FUNNY HOW TWO LIVES CONNECT
THAT'S HOW IT STARTS
TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS
CARRIE
Oh, I don't think so, Miss Gardner.
GARDNER
You'll never know if you don't take the chance.
you have beautiful eyes ---

Listen to me --

CARRIE

Me?
. Yes, you, silly -- you.
lipstick -t路~c k"r
路
L ~ps
..

GARDNER
And your lips

But my mother --

the right shade of

CARRIE

GARDNER
Shh -- if you fixed your hair up -- and with the right dress -oh, Carrie -- it could just be heaven!
(sings)
LET YOURSELF GO
GIVE SOMEONE HALF A C~~CE
MAYBE HE ' S WAITING JUST FOR YOU
' YOU NEVER KNOW
THIS COULD BE PARADISE
MAYBE YOUR DREAMS JUST MIGHT COME TRUE
IT'S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRIT SOARS
ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS
THAT'S HOW IT STARTS
.
TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS
(DANCE BREAK -- as GARDNER moves
CARRIE into the spell. Then
back into):
GARDNER
IN A WORLD WHERE NOTHING'S SURE AND NOTHING'S EVER GUARANTEED
YOU SHOULD TRUST THE WAY YOU FEEL
THAT ' S THE ONLY THING THAT'S REAL
IS IT MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRIT SOARS
ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS

ACT I
SCENE 8: THE CAVALIER
A night spot where the KIDS hang out.
TOMMY comes upon a pensive SUE.
SUE
I'VE JUST NOT BEEN FEELING RIGHT
I'M SO ASHAMED OF HOW WE'VE ALL BEEN TREATI NG CARRIE WHITE
AM I CRAZY? AM I GETTING TOO UPSET?
I'D NEVER DREN-I OF ASKING BUT YOU'VE NEVER FAILED !-IE YET

CHRIS
I want you to路 do something for me:.
Why don't you ask your Daddy?

BILLY

CHRIS
DADDY CAN BUY ME ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WON'T
DADDY SUPPLIES ME WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T
THERE'S NOTHING
THAT DADDY
EVER DENIES ME
THERE'S JUST ONE WAY THAT DADDY NEVER. SATISFIES ME
~IT
~IT

ONLY YOU CAN DO IT
ONLY YOU CAN REALLY GET DOWN TO IT
THIS GIRL
IS DESP'RATE
C'MON AND SAVE HER
BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY
路 DO ME A FAVOR
OH, BABY
DO t-IE A FAVOR
SAY MA.YBE
DO t.IE A FAVOR
OBEY t-IE
DO ~!E A FAVOR
UH-HUH

l-lI-拢

---'

Do me a favor
Do me a favor
Do me a favor
Do me a favor

TOMMY

C'monl Nothing's too good for my
girl Sue
What's wrong? Ask me for anything
I'll do
My best. I've been so worried
cuz you're too
Depressed. I would do anything
for you.
You know, I only want you to
feel free
Let go! I can assure you
. it'.ll be
No sweat! Anything you could want
from me
You'll 路get. You say the word and I'll
agree.
/

."
If you help me
I could even up this debt
And we could all give Carrie White
A nigh't she won't forget.

Only you can do it
Only you can really pull me through it .
That girl
Desp'rate!
Come on. and save her
To:nmy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy
Do me a favor

You know I can do it
Let' 5 g.et down to i.t

.....

yeah
yeah
,-

CHRIS

BILLY

GIRLS

"- .
I

~

-

~

-

.i "-

T here's something that Carrie <
White will just have to learn j
If she plays with fire then
"
she's. gonna get b~rned
I want her
To pay up
For all that she's cost me
And make her good and sorry
that she ever crossed me
Youive got to help me!!

V.../ . :.

.:.

.

"

/

.

. ," ..

" 5' r;I

-----"
/

Do me a favor!
,

..

You always" ama"z e me with the
way that" you think
If I was your Daddy I would
buy you a shrink
But okay
I'll do it
You're my inspiration
Just make sure you show me.
your appreciation
"You know I can do it
Only you can do it
Only you can really
Let's get down to it
pull me throu~h it
This girl
Yeah .... .
"Is desperate
Yeah ".... .
C'mon arid save her
Billy. Billy, Billy. llilly "
Do me a favor

I

Do me a f3.vor!
(cont.)

1-8-3

'1'OMMY

Do what? I

Who 'do you want

me to invite?
I thought you'd be with me
on Friday night
But noll I know you're trying to do what's right
But whoa I! I won't be taking
Carrie Whi te J J
Think of Car~ie;
Carrie's rea lly ' had it rough
I told her I was sorry
But that's just not good enough

No go!
I know!

If you help me

You know, I only want you to
feel free
Let go! I can assure you
it'll be
No sweatl Anything you could want
from me
You'll get. You say the word and baby

I could even up this debt
And we could both give Carrie
White
A night she won't forget

I may
Okay .â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ OKAY!

. .,
OKAY!! !

,i

"BILLY

CHRIS

Do"me a favorl

Do me a favor!

There's something that Carrie
White will just have to learn
If she plays with fire then
she's gonna get burned!
I want her
1'0 pay up
For all that she's cost me
And make her good and sorry
that she ever crossed me

Only I can do it!

Do me a favor!

Only I can really
get down to it
I'll be your white knight
..
. ... - . . .:
I'll be your savior
Baby, baby, baby, baby
I'll do your favor

ALL
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH
WHO CAN YOU TURN TO WHEN YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH?
I'M BEGGING
I'M PLEADING
I 'MDOWN ON MY KNEES
IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME WELL, THEN, BABY! BABY!
PLEASE!!

- r'o--'

- - ~ [) ~

(suspending, holding as we envelope
the following scene, going right
into -- )

ACT I
SCENE 9: THE INVITATION
As TOMMY addresses CARRIE:
TOMl-1Y (cont)
.• I know this is late notice, but if you don't have a date for
the Prom, would you want to go with me?
CARRIE (astonished)
What?

What?

To the Prom.

TOMl-1Y
It's next Friday, and --

DO ME A FAVOR ...

I don't like to be tricked.

KIDS (softly, b.g.)
CARRIE
(softly)
I know who you go around with.
(TOMMY looks over to :SUE, shrugs:
see?)
SUE

MARGARET
lfuatever are you going on about, Carrie?
us just sit here in peace.

Now quiet down and let

CARRIE
.1 DON'T HAYE A LOT OF FRIENDS
I WISH I COULD FIT RIGHT IN
MARGARET
CARL ETTA
Being different is the Lord!s blessing. It is written 'He who
hears my voice alone shall be saved . '
CARRIE
MOMMA, CAN ' T WE STOP AND TALK
THERE ' S THIS BOY NAMED TOMMY ROSS
CARIETTA!

MARGARET

CARRIE
I'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE PROM
PROM?

MARGARET

CARRIE
HE ASKED HE TWICE
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID YES:
GOSH, HE'S SO NICE
BUT, MOMMA, I STILL HAVE TO ~~KE ~ DRESS
NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
SOHETHING IN PINK? .
MOJ.IMA, I'M 5 CARE D
I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO DANCE !
I'M SO UNPREPARED
SO IYHA T SHOULD ! DO WHEN HE TAKES MY HA.NDS?

1-10-2
CARRIE (cont)
THIS IS ALL I DREAMED IT COULD BE
MOMMA, WHAT IF HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH ME?
(MARGARET leaves CARRIE -her back on her)

turns

CARRIE
His name is Tommy Ross and he's a very nice boy ... He's promised
to stop in before and meet you .. and he'll have me home by midnight.
It's next Friday ... I've said yes, Momma
Momma, I've said yes.
MARGARET
(quietly, as if entering
a trance)
I REMEMBER HOW THOSE BOYS COULD DANCE
PRESSING CLOSE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS
THEY COULD SWEEP ME AWAY
CARRIE
Momma?
MARGARET
OH, HOW THOSE BOYS WERE DEJ.IONS OF ROMANCE
IN THEIR CARS WE'D CHASE THE LIGHTS
I KNOW JUST HOW BOYS WILL BEHAVE
CARRIE
You'll like this boy, Momma - - he isn't like the others. He's so
sweet and so .. so polite .. he's nice, Momma: You'll like him,
you'll see, really you will.
(silence from ~~RGARET)
Everyone isn't bad, Momma
everything's not a sin.
MARGARET
OH, HOW YOUR FATHER WHISPERED IN ~~ EAR
FIRST THE KISS- AND THEN THE TOUCH
MIXING LIES WITH THE TRUTH
HE WOULD SIGH AND TRY TO DRAW ME NEAR
OH, HE'D SWEAR HE -CARED SO ~\uCH
THAT'S WHAT THE BOYS DO
THEY'LL MAKE PR01-1ISES
THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
THEN THEY'LL LAUGH AT YOU WATCHING YOU FALL APART
DON'T YOU THINK THAT I KNOW?
DON'T YOU THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE?
IT'S THE SMELL OF THE BLOOD THAT WILL DRIVE THEM MAD
CHASING YOU LIKE A WHORE
YES! ! !

1-10-3

MARGARET (CORt).
DON'T YOU K."IOW THE I R GAME?
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?
CAN'T YOU SEE SAT.II.N'S PASSION HAS ~lADE YOU BLIND?
AND THIS BOY'S LI KE THE REST
AND THEY'. RE ALL LIKE THE SERPENTS wHO CRAWL
YOU CAN BEG ALL YOU WANT TO BUT I RECALL
HOW YOUR FATHER CAME TO ME THAT NIGHT
LIKE THE SNAKE WHO CAME TO EVE
WITH THE LUST IN HIS EYES
AND HE TOOK

~lE

AND TOUCHED ME I TRIED TO FIGHT

SATAN ~~DE YOUR FATHER LEAVE
BUT THE SIN NEVER DIES
CARRIE

Momma, please stop!

MARGARET
You're not going.
I've already said yes, Momma.
Then say no.

CARRIE

MARGARET'
Say no or you'll never go back to that school again.
CARRIE

Don't say. that, Momma.

MARGARET

The subject is closed.

CARRIE

Please talk to me, Momma.

MARGARET

Go to your closet.

CARRIE

No, Momma.路
Go to your closet and pray.

MARGARET
(SHE opens the cellar door -- only
for CARRIE to flex: it slams shut.)

No more praying, Momma.

CARRIE
No more.
t-IARGARET

Spawn of the devil!
(coming toward her threateningly)

1-10-4

(As she storms toward her, CARRIE
flexes -- and with one further
WHoosH OF POWER, she levitates
MARGARET into the air -- high over
the apron of the stage).
MARGARET
(hissing)

CARRIE
I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AT ALL
I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
I HAVE POWER I CAN USE
NOTHING YOU CAN SAY OR DO WILL EVER STOP
ME AGAIN!

CURTAIN

ACT II:
PROM NIGHT

•

ACT II
SCENE 1: HENTY'S PIG FARM
Later that same night. The STORN
rages -- RAIN, THUNDER, LIGHTNING.
BILLY'S GOON SQUAD tumble out of
the darkness. Followed by BILLY.
And finally CHRIS:
CHRIS
I BELIEVE IN GETTING EVEN
THAT'S WHAT I BEL I EVE
BUT I JUST DON'T FORGIVE AND FORGET
I DON'T TAKE NO ATTITUDE
WHEN I KNOW I'VE BEEN SCREWED
CARRIE WHITE'S GOT A LOT TO REGRET
Shit, look at all these

Heey, piggies!
-Yo, porkers!
Piggie-wiggie!
-Soo-ee! Soo-ee!

~!

BILLY
GOONS
(interweaving)

Soo-ee!!!

CHRIS
SWEET REVENGE REQUIRES PLANNING
I'VE DONE ALL I CAN
BUT NOW I NEED A MAN WITH YOUR SKILL
YOU'VE GOT ALL THE BASICS DOWN
NOW WE CAN GO TO TOWN
SO LET'S START MOVING IN FOR THE KILL
GO
GO
GO
OH, BABY, SHOW ME HOW
I WAI"T . i'r'HAT I WANT NOW!
Keep your tits on, baby.

BILLY
CHRIS

e'mon, Billy.
Do what?
What I want.

Do it.
BILLY
CHRIS

BILLY
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE THAT ROCK YOU CALL A HEART
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME TO START?
CUZ THIS IS REAL SICK
SOME TRICK!
YOU'VE GOT YOUR PLAN PERFECTED
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED?
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NICKEL BUYS
WHEN YOU GRAB A BOX OF CRACKERJACKS
AIm OPEN UP THE PRI ZE
IS IT WHAT YOU THOUGHT?
I BET NOT!
REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
REMEMBER CRACKERJACK
CRACKERJACK
Please, Billy, now.
Says who?

BILLY (cont)
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NICKEL BUYS
~HEN YOU GRAB A BOX OF CRACKERJACKS fu~D OPEN UP THE PRIZE
it IS IT WHAT YOU THOUGHT??
I BET NOT!!
REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE'S NO .TURNING BACK
REMEMBER: CRACKERJACK
CRACKERJACK
REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
REMEMBER: CRACKERJACK
CRACKERJACK
f I~ . 1"c. /i',:/CL/
.~
(DANCE BREAK~ into):
il/\JJ

~BILLY

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NICKEL BUYS
WHEN YOU GRAB A BOX OF CRACKERJACKS
AND OPEN UP THE PRIZE
IS IT WHAT YOU THOUGHT??
I BET NOT!!
RE~lEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
REMEMBER: CRACKERJACK
CRACKER,J'ACK
RE~~MBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK .
RnlEMBER: CRACKERJACK
CR.A.CKERKACK
, , . .,
::.: . : _, r- ~ A.:~ / " f. {/
CHRIS
Now, Billy -- now! I!!

GO

CHRIS

GO
GO
OH, BABY
SHOW .
ME HOI'l
I WANT . WHAT
I

WANT NOW!

(BILLY raises the sleageham~er over
his head -- the sound of the PIGS
squealing below. One more GIANT
FLASH OF LIGHTNING as the whole sky
turns blood-purple, highlighting
them in a hellish silhouette as
he brings the hammer down) :
NOW!!! ! !

BILLY

(BLACKOUT).

ACT TWO
SCENE 2: GYMNASIUM
Out of the darkness that was the
storm now comes a GIANT STAR -carried by members of the Prom Decoration Committee. As it's hoiste d
up to become part of "Heaven," we
find SUE the center of gossip:

GIRLS
1. Did you hear
all the rumors flying?
3. Tommy and who?
2. Could you die?
4. Sue's in tears
6. Tommy said, "So long!"
5. Made her cry
7. What will Carrie
wear?
8. I heard Chris might surprise us!

8. Chris is great at disguises
No shit!
SUE
TOMMY STILL LOVES HE ••. WHAT CAN I SAY?
I ONLY PRAY THAT CARRIE ?.AS FUN AT THE PROM
OTHER GIRLS
THE
THE
THE
THE

PROM
PROM
PROM
PROM

SUE
SURE, I KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TALKING
I DON'T CARE; LOOK IT'S JUST ONE NIGHT
THIS MIGBT MAKE CARRIE FEEL GOOD
AFTER ALL, WHAT WE DID WAS SHOCKING
MAYBE NOW I CAN SET THINGS RIGHT
ME?
NO ... I'M .. . . . . . . . . . . REAL GOOD

II-2-2

OTHERS
THIS IS ONE NIGHT I'LL NEVER FORGET
3 GIRLS
WE'VE NEVER SEEN A SCANDAL AS GOOD AS THIS
3 GIRLS
I WANNA SEE IF TOMMY AND CARRIE KISS
3 GIRLS
I'LL BE THERE EARLY; OH, I DON'T WANNA MISS
ONE SINGLE MOMENT OF BLISS
ALL

TOMMY
I'll make it up to you, I promise.
SUE
It's no big deal.
TOMMY
I'll miss you.
- SUE
It ' s what I want.
TOMMY
Yeah, sure.
SUE
Tommy!
TOM.'1Y
But Senior Prom -- of all nights!
SUE
ONE NIGHT
JUST FOR ONE NIGHT
IT'S A SACRIFICE I FEEL I OUGHTA MAKE
I'M OKAY, I'LL BE SWELL AND I SWEAR THAT IT'S NOT LIKE
MY HEART'S GONNA BREAK

II-2-3

SUE (cont)
1'1>1 FINE
LONG AS YOU'RE STILL MINE
(SHE kisses him on the lips; then
gives him a gentle shove, and HE
exits . Alone now) :
SUE
WHITE STAR
WHY AREN'T YOU SHINING?
YOU HANG ALL ALONE LIKE A TEAR IN THE SKY
NIGHT STAR
COULD YOU BE PINING
FOR SOME OTHER STAR YOU COULD DANCE WITH ON HIGH?
HEAVEN

THERE'S HEARTACHE IN HEAVEN
I GUESS HEAVEN KNOWS THAT MY -LOVE IS SO FAR AWAY
BRIGHT STAR
MY SILVER LINING
I WISH YOU 路COULD BRING HIM BACK TO STAY
HOPES AND DREAMS CAN VANISH I-IITH THE DAWN
YOU BLINK AND THEy'RE GONE
IT'S THE CHANCE LOVERS TAKE
BABY BABY WE HAD IT ALL
BUT ANGELS CAN FALL
AND HEARTS CAN BREAK
HEAVEN
YOU PROMISED ME HEAVEN
HOW CAN MY LOVE FIND ME HERE WITH THE MOON SO DIM?
BRIGHT STAR
PLEASE KEEP ON SHINING
AND SHINE- 'TIL I'M FINALLY BACK WITH HIM

ACT TWO
SCENE 3A: CARRIE'S ROOM
Prom Night. A nervous CARRIE
stands in her slip, staring at
herself in the mirror, trying
to work up her courage:
CARRIE
I'LL CLOSE MY EYES
AND SUDDENLY HE'LL BE THERE
HANDSOME ~~D WISE
AND PROB'LY -[she breaks off]
Oh god, I'm so scared -- so scared •••
[MUSIC resumes. SHE looks at
herself again]:
WUAT COULD GO WRONG?
I SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR 'THE WORST
BUT WHAT IF I'M STRONG
MY LOVELY BALLOON DOESN'T HAVE TO · BURST
IF I CONCENTRATE I MIGHT FIND
THAT THE ONLY DEMONS ARE ALL IN MY mND
[PULSING TEMPO now as she fantasizes]:
WAS IT HIS VOICE?
WAS IT HIS SMILE?
I HAVEN'T FELT SO WONDERFUL IN QUITE A WHILE
ALL OF THIS , TIME
THERE WAS JUST ME
MAYBE HE'S A PREVIEW OF HOW GOOD MY . LIFE COULD BE
I'M NOT ALONE
, SOMEBODY' S FREED ME FRO!>! THI S LONELY TOWER
SOMEBODY'S BY MY 'SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN
I'M NOT ALONE
SPEAKING HIS NAME , I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE
cuz I '~I NOT ALONE ANy}!ORE
[As she continues, SHE begins to
use ,her powers playfully. She
flexes -- and her hairbrush comes
to 11fe. Then her shoes, her lip~
stick. Finally, as the fantasy
reaches its peak, she makes her
PROM DRESS rise and float in the
air, dance with her]

II-3A- 2

CARRIE (cent)
WHERE THERE WAS ONE
NOW THERE ARE TWO
THAT'S THE KIND OF ~~GIC ONLY LOVE CAN DO
THINKIN' OF HIM
THRILLS ME SO l>IUCH
I COULD MOVE A MOUNTAIN NOW WITH JUST A SINGLE TOUCH
I'M NOT ALONE
SOMEBODY'S FREED ME FROM THIS LONELY TOWER
SOMEBODY'S BY MY SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN
I'M NOT ALONE
SPEAKING HIS NAME I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE
cuz I'M NOT ALONE ANYMORE
.I KEEP FLOATING
TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND
I FORGET MY FEARS WHEN HE'S AROUND
HEARTACHES, HEARTBREAKS
THEY DON'T BOTHER ME
AS LONG AS THERE'S
SOMEONE WHO CARES 路
THEN I'LL NEVER BE ALONE
. NO MORE LONELY TOWER
SO~IEBODY' S BY MY SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN
I'M NOT ALONE
SPEAKING HIS NAME I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE
cu~ I'M NOT ALONE ANYMORE

You'll say nothing, Momma,
I should never have had you.
Why did you, Momma?

MARGARET
CARRIE
~IARGARET

..

I should never have let you live.
Why did you,

Morr~a?

Carrie?

CARRIE
TOMMY (0.5.)
(CARRIE releases MARGARET; then):

I love you,

CARRIE
~lomma.

(SHE exits with the dress, leaving
MARGARET alone).
",:ARGARET
LOVE CAN BE UNKIND
DREfu~S CAN FALL APART
ONCE I LOVED A BOY WHO BROKE ~IY HEART
I WAS SO NAIVE
ALL ~IY LI FE I'D SPENT ALONE
SUDDENLY THIS MAN APPEARS AND SPEAKS OF THINGS I'D NEVER KNOWN

II-3B-3

MARGARET .(cont)
HE HAD A TOUCH LIKE FIRE
I ONLY P~~YED I COULD RESIST
AND, Iv"RONG OR RIGHT, I SWALLOWED ALL OF HIS LIES
AND THEN, ONE NIGHT, I LOST MYSELF IN HIS EYES
AND I LIKED IT!
I LIKED IT!
ONCE THE DEED WAS DONE
ONCE YOUR FATHER HAD HIS WAY
NOTHING I COULD DO WOULD MAKE HIM STAY
STILL I FELT HIS HANDS
IN MY DREAMS I CALLED HIS NAME
IN MY WOl-IB I CARRIED STILL THE FRUIT OF EVERLASTING SHA.\IE
YOU WERE MY ONLY CRIME
ALL OF THE WORLD COULD SEE MY SIN
I FEARED SO LONG THE EVIL MIGHT COME AGAIN
IF I'D BEEN STRONG, I MIGHT HAVE ENDED IT THEN
BUT I LOVED YOU! (GOD HELP ME)
I LOVED YOU!
NOW- I'VE SEEN THE SIGNS
PRAYER HAS FINALLY- MADE ME WISE
I MUST CLEANSE YOUR SOUL IN PARADISE
OR THE SIN NEVER DIES
(FADE OUT on

~~RGARET

as

we go to):

ACT II
SCENE 4: THE

GY~rnASIUM

Transformed now into "Heaven."
We come in on a spectacular DANCE
NUMBER (instrumental) which leads
into the KIDS performing WOTTA NIGHT:
KIDS
AWRIGHT!
V
WOTTA NIGIfI"!
DONCHA FEEL THE SKY

You ' re beautiful.
(And the number culminates):
KIDS
WOTT A NIGHT! ! !
(The GIRLS converge around CARRIE,
the BOYS around TOMMY -- separat- ,
ing them. CRISS-CROSS their buzzing -- CARRIE and TOMNY so taken
with each other that they hear
none of it):

(HE pin~on the corsage he brought
her . MOsIC of "Unsuspecting Hearts"
begins , and as · the other KIDS move
off to dance, they ' re alone agairi).
TO~n-1Y

Will you dance?
CARRIE
Not yet.
TOMMY

Do you realize that's the first time you haven't said no?
(HE goes off. CARRIE, very much in
a~e, taking in everything, looks
around. Behind her, GARD!liER appear.s;
a gentle reminder in her ear):
GARDNER

SO ~ll.XY YEARS
YOU CRIED YOUR TEARS ALONE
FRIGHTE~ED THAT LIFE MIGHT PASS YOU BY
1\011' HE APPEARS
SOl>lEONE WHO CARES FOR YOU
THIS IS NO TI~lE TO QUESTION hliY

GARDNER
AND YOU NEVER KNOW HOW LOVE MIGHT GROW
ONCE YOU SHARE YOUR FIRST HELLO
THAT'S HOW IT STARTS
TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS
CARRIE
Oh, Miss Gardner -- you look so pretty.
You, too, Carrie.

GARDNER
You look beautiful.

CARRIE
I don ' t.. not really •• but thank ·you, .anyway.
GARDNER

It's true.

(a beat)
So -- is it everything you dreamed?
CARRIE
EVERYTIME THAT TOMMY SPEAKS TO ME I HAVE TO CATCH MY BREATH
NOW THERE'S FIREWORKS IN MY HEAD
IT'S ALL HAPP'NING LIKE YOU· S~ID
GARDNER -& CARRI E
IT'S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRIT SOARS
ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS
THAT'S HOW IT STARTS
TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS
(MUSICAL FANFARE ; then)
ANNOUNCER
Ladies a nd gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen -- it's time to
vote for the King and Queen. Everyone, please -- we'd like
you all to cast your notes.
("Heaven" now . as TOMMY returns
back b~ her · side)
C'mon, we're going to dance.

TOMMY
TWO HANDS
JOINING IN ONE DANCE
WE OON'T FEEL THE FLOOR CUZ WE FLOAT LIKE A STAR
TWO FEET
MOVING TO ONE BEAT
WE DON'T TRAVEL FAR
AND YET LOOK WHERE WE ARE
HEAVEN
IT'S ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN
I'M HERE WITH THE MOON AND THE NIGHT
AND I'M HERE WITH YOU
TWO HEARTS
THAT'S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS
IT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO
SOMETIMES FEELINGS CATCH US UNAWARE
YOU BLINK AND THEY'RE THERr
AT LEAST THAT'S ~OW -IT FEELS
YOU'VE BEWITCHED ME
I DON'T KNOW HOW
SUT RIGHT HERE AND NOW
I'M HEAD OVER HEELS IN
HEAVEN
IT ' S ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN
I NEVER DREA MED I COULD FEE L
WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU
TWO HEARTS
THAT'S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS 路
IT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO
ANNOUNCER
La dies and gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen! For the first time
in t he history of the prom, we've gbt a tie! It's between Dave
Majors and Laurie Tyler and Tommy Ross and Carrie White!
(Silence -- shocked, then buzzing;
and then APPLAUSE -- as we _see
CHRIS~nd BILLY; then):

11-4-5

CARRIE
They're not applauding for us. It can't be for us.
TOMMY
It

isn't.

It's for you.

ANNOUNCER
We're going to have a run-off ballot. Please vote for your
favorite couple for King and Queen.
SUE
WHITE STAR
WHY AREN'T YOU SHINING?
YOU HANG ALL ALONE LIKE A TEAR IN THE SKY
NIGHT STAR
COULD YOU BE PINING
FOR SOME OTHER STAR YOU COULD DANCE WITH ON HIGH?
MARGARET
CARRIE. YOU WERE ALL I HAD
AND ALL I EVER LOVED
GARDNER
TWO HEARTS
THAT'S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS
IT STARTS WHEN HE FEELS
THE WAY YOU DO .
(As a ballot is handed to TOMMY):
Don' t. ..
What?
Don't vote for us .
Why not?
Just don't.

I 'M sick and I'M eired and
I 'm ready to ' rip like a flood
1'm Q\lt for bl ood!

You'll get \1:::at you deserve!

Sick!

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SUE

TOMMY

You told me
You loved JIle
What about forever?

I-IEAVEN

FINAlLY HEAVEN

FINAlLY HEAVEN

What about all the plans we made?

] NEVER DREAl-IED I COOLD

I NEVER DREAMED I cruLD

FEEL hrlAT 1 FEEL FOR YaJ

What happens to me?

Two hearts

Wlll you be returning?

That's how true love starts

And '01111 there be a day
A day we flnally say I do?

It starts when you feel
the way I do !

HEAVEN
HEAVEN
OH, WOTTA NIGHT:

HEAVEN
HEAVEN
OH, I.OTTA NIGHT:

I

I

FEEL \\HAT 1 FEEL FOR YaJ

tvo hearts
That's how true love
start"
It starts when you feel
the way 1 do!

HEAVEN
HEAVEN

OP., WOTTA

N!G~Tl

i

I

I

BILLY

CERIS

Givc 'cr hcll! .

Cive 'er hell!

;ch me &ive 'cr hell !

\latch me

I'll lllalte her pay!

- --- - - -.----_.-.-.

I'll

nighcmare, so be there on cue

ib i_ queen will be bloody
does it the wa y
I dol

EEA~

hLAVEN

OR, WOTTA NIGRTl

her pay!

all I had

And all I ever loved

__.----------_._----------------__-.-- 0_..._. . -.

:hay' 11 get a real scare, a

~ o h ody

I!I.l ke

give ' er hell !

Carrie, you were

Th.y'll get a real scarc, a
nightmare. I'll be there on
cue

Carric
I do
Love you

Thi5 queen will be bloody
Nobody does it the way
I do!

HEAVEN
HEAVEN
OH, WOTTA NIGHTl

HEAVEN
EE.A.VEN
OH, WOTTA NIGh'Tl

ACT II
SCENE 5: THE WHITE HOME
An enormous white staircase. MARGARET at the top. She descends
. toward CARRIE, at first singing
a capella:
MARGARET
BABY, DON'T CRY NOW
NO MORE TEARS
MOMMA WILL SAVE YOU FROl-1 ALL YOUR

HARS

LOO LULLABYE Noi~
MOMMA. IS HERE
(MUSIC joining)
CARRIE
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU
MY LOVE IS SO DEEP
MY .CARRIE
SI-IILE AT THE ANGELS UP ABOVE YOU
AND SLEEP , BABY, SLEEP
. TENPER AND WARf.1 NOW
SWEET AND MILD
NOTHI NG' 5 50 PERFECT AS MOMf.IA '"S CHILD
SAFE FROM THE STORM NOW
DREAM AWHILE
CARRIE
ALWAYS RE~~EMBER THAT I LOVE YOU
MY LOVE IS SO DEEP
MY CARRIE
SMI LE AT THE ~~ GELS UP ABOVE YOU
AND SLEEP , BABY, SLEEP
CARRIE
I l ove you, Momma.
J

(SHE r"eaches up and touches MARGARET.
Flexes one last time -- and in a
combination of love and destruction,
kills her. An indelible, incandescent image.
Dying, CARRIE crawls her way toward
us down the 5 tairs; SHE "r eaches SUE
who gathers her up in her lap, trying to comfort and soothe her as
best she can. And on this final"
image, as CARRIE reaches out toward
us with her hand